Three sets of statistical trends, records, marks and highlights by the Jets following their 34-10 loss to the Dolphins at MetLife Stadium on Sunday:
For AZ Thomas, 6 Is Good
Azareye’h Thomas surprised the CBS crew during the second quarter when, as they were reporting the third-round rookie CB was questionable to return to the game from a shoulder injury, he was jogging onto the field and back to his position in the defense. He missed just 6 of the defense’s 65 snaps.
Besides durability, Thomas continued to show PD-ability, the knack of breaking up passes. In preventing a completion to TE Darren Waller to help set up the Jets’ lone TD of the game, he extended his pass defense streak also to 6, the number of consecutive games he has played in and recorded a PD. (He was sidelined with an injury for the New England game.)
That is the longest current pass defense streak among NFL rookies, and it is tied with Darrelle Revis for the second-longest streak by a Jets rookie since 2000. The longest was Sauce Gardner’s 7 straight games to open his 2022 rookie campaign.
As for the longest streak by any Jet, rookie or vet, again since 2000, that’s held by a certain Jets head coach. Aaron Glenn posted 8 consecutive games with at least one PD in his 2000 season in green and white. Revis also had a 7-game streak in ’09, which Thomas would match with a pass breakup at Jacksonville.
‘Tis the Season for Special Returns
One more number related to Isaiah Williams‘ remarkable returning: His second punt-return touchdown of the season vs. Miami along with Kene Nwangwu‘s kickoff-return TD vs. Cleveland and Will McDonald IV‘s FG snuff-scoop-and-score at Tampa Bay give the Jets 4 return TDs of all varieties this season.